If Clippers Keep Their Pick, Who Would You Draft?

I'm just curious what are some players you would like for the clippers to draft if we kept out lottery pick. Personally I'd love for the clippers to Look into BOL BOL 7'3 Center who could shoot, This would give us solid depth at the center position and allow Montrezl Harrell to slide to the power forward position since, BOL BOL can Shoot.

Use our pick and combine it with the mia pick to trade up for Zion.

Our pick, the Philly pick, Miami's pick and Shai wouldn't be enough for a team to give you Zion.

Kevin Porter. He’ll probably still be available late in the lottery. SGA,Shamet,Kevin Porter, Zubac, Robinson would be a nice young core.

Young core is great as long as Doc Rivers is not our coach... Wonder how long before TY Lue takes over.

Depends on how far we drop, Also I'm not really big on Zion Williamson, I'm more big on RJ Barrett, Shooting guard with good size (6'7) plays both ends of the ball and athletic. Also I wouldn't be surprised if we try to flip Gallo for another pick.

We don’t need a small pg but tremont waters from LSU is a baller. I really like watching him play. Check him out. Really high iq player.

Cam Reddish would be perfect for us but he'll probably be in the top 5

We'd likely be around the 15th pick.

It's...not a deep year.

Hopefully we package the pick with the Miami and Philly pick for Anthony Davis. Gallo and Lou Will plus all those picks just might do the trick, probably have to include SGA or Jerome

I honestly Believe It would be in out best interest to not Trade for AD, That was the Problem with trading for a superstar before. AD would require us to gut basically most of the team which isn't smart. We have to be patience , remain competitive and build. Develop our young guys, and build depth on this team. It should be a 3 year plan. Year 1 was to gain assets from CP3 and Griffin and we got a pick and vital pieces for our depth in regards to Lou , Beverley and Montrzel we have a unique 1-2 punch off the bench that not many teams and real leaders in Beverley. Resign Blake Griffin Got us Harris and Shai. Year 2 (Currently) Flip Harris for more assets, which got us 4 picks and a young Piece in Shamet. Summer of Year 2, Decide what to Do with Gallinari whether it be trading for a pick or a cheaper productive player or both. Sign one or two Stars that Fit the mold of this teams Identity, Personally Kwahi Fits this teams identity more than any other Free agent which includes ( KD and Cousins). If we Just get Kwahi, wait it out a year while building this team and pursue AD in Free Agency In Year 3, that way we keep most of out depth that is still on rookie contracts while adding another Star.

I would never offer that kind of package and I don’t think West would either. Lou must stay as he’s a borderline superstar with the friendliest contract in the association. We don’t need AD if he’s going to cost that much. We don’t have to be as stupid as Magic. Just sign one superstar and we’re elite. Two and we are as good as anyone especially if we take Durant away from Dubs.

As a clippers fan for over 20 years, I don’t take for granted the opportunity to get true superstars. If we traded for AD with that package we would have enough money to still sign any 2 of the following: Kahwi, Durant, Kyrie, Cousins, Kemba. Plus we’d still have Montrez, Shamet, Jerome, probably resign Beverley. That’s a team that would be the best in the league.

Sometimes people severely undervalue the superstars. The pelicans are valuing picks more than players it seems, so our offer would be heavy on picks whil still giving them good players. And this is allowing us to use cap space while AD is at an affordable $26mm per year.

As a Clipper fan for over 30 years I just don’t want to gut our team for one player. What has AD done for NO? He’s absolutely great but it’s a team game. Do you think Houston would like to have Trez, Lou. Pat and their draft choice which got us Gallo back for CP? Lou by himself is arguably as good as CP. The same goes for the Blake trade. I’d much rather be on the receiving end of a multitude of assets. That’s just me though and I understand the lure but I’d rather stay the course.

At this point, keeping pick is too late. We are pacing 42-45 wins... and the team is more balanced/deep post trades. They are also getting back Moute and Chandler post all star break. Even if they went like 5-17 rest of way, the pick would be 11-13 at best in a week draft. They should of tanked 2 months ago, now it's just not gonna happen. Clippers have 80% chance of grabbing 8 seed according to Bball ref, 75% according to 538.

To answer your question, I like Keldon Johnson, Bol Bol, Jontay Porter, and Kezie Okpala.

But none of them are amazing so far in my opinion.

One superstar doesn’t make anyone elite. It makes you the hornets or the pelicans or the lakers. We had two super stars (for those who consider Blake to be one) and a pretty good center and we weren’t elite. Just getting kawhi on this team doesn’t make us a top 4 team in the west even. If you want a real shot at a title you have to make risky moves, ie Toronto or OKC. AD (at 26 years old) plus two other stars gets us there. Fill in the blanks around them.

Rarely does the team trading for the superstar end up worse off. ( NYC trading for Carmelo being the only exception I can think of)

Although I agree that only a single star like Kawhi doesn’t complete the puzzle, I can’t compare the makeup of the current team + Kawhi to the star power of the Lob City squad. That team had holes everywhere. Either CP3 and Crawford made baskets... and Blake was consistent... or we couldn’t really make baskets. You someone like Kawhi to a team like the current one, and there’s people all over the roster who get buckets. We’d be ridiculously tough to stop

Lol, you crack me up, always trying to measure against someone else or stick it to them.

We absolutely railed New Orleans on the CP3 trade and Detroit was desperate to get star power so they had to make the move for Blake. All of us knew that Blake is too much offensive weighted and a terrible defender and disappears in the 4th. AD is not that way at all. He has done a great job leading New Orleans in a relatively poor roster environment. When they had Cousins he got injured and AD leads them (with Jrue) in a 1st round sweep of the Blazers. At least be real that AD ha had a huge impact on the team and their risers have been decent at best probably mediocre when compared to other playoff teams.

As a Clippers fan for 23 years I'd like to point out to both of you that this is as thread asking who you'd draft and neither of you have even vaguely attempted to answer this question.

Haha well said. I like Johntay Porter but his knees scare me. Bol Bol is also very intriguing but scary

last time I looked in on the draft the two guys that caught my eye were Daniel Gafford/Arkansas, and Austin Wiley/Auburn, and.... think I can claim 40 years,

I feel like in today's game with the bigs being so small we should go all out for zion. Trade this years first and the miami pick to move up and get him. Zion 15 years ago I would not trade up but in today's game its a must. He will destroy the soft nba

And I think he is overrated and likely won't be great. He might be good though. Just not great. And he could be a bust.

Unfortunately with all the hype around him it would probably take this year’s pick, Miami pick, Sixers pick and 2-3 more picks for a team to make that trade.

The reality is, we will be fine even without the pick. If we can land Kawhi and another good, not necessarily great, player, then trade some of our depth for another good NBA vet, we will be an elite team built to challenge for the next five years.

Look at you coming on board the playoffs train �'�😉.

I want the pick just so we can have a trade asset.

Geez...you just can’t accept that someone may not agree with you. I respect your point of view but I have a different opinion. I really can’t think of another superstar trade where a ton of assets were given for one player and ultimately lead to a championship. Maybe Kareem but AD is no Kareem.

DeAndre Hunter if he falls I’d love to have him with the second unit

Well, it's not just going to be AD. The trade would bring in AD, plus 1 or 2 other superstars they sign in the offseason to play with him. So, although I agree that most teams that gut their team for a superstar don't win championships, this is a different situation. As a long time laughingstock, this team has to take chances to be successful. This, in my opinion is a good time to take that chance.

Am I the only Clippers that DOES NOT want to trade our depth and assets for AD? If Sham and Shai are involved, absolutely not. Keep those 2 out of it then I might budge. Anthony Davis is a great individual talent, he gets hurt often and he hasn’t proved to be a winner. Rondo took the driver’s seat last year in their small post season run. Sounds a lot like another Blake Griffin if you ask me. Harden is doing more with less with CP constantly being out. LaMarcus Aldridge is more of a winner, yet no one would offer what the Lakers offered in a million years.

This is a top heavy draft so if we miss the playoffs, we should trade the pick. I think we’re better off making the Playoffs. We will owe the Celtics their pick in the future anyway. Best case scenario, we get the 6th/5th seed, that leaves the Celtics with an awful 17-20th overall pick. We’re off the hook from Boston and have our pick in a more evenly spread out draft. Our pick from the Sixers should be 20-30 so that gives us 2 late round picks. You can easily flip those for something to some desperate team.

Zion is an absolute monster. Since he’s 18, he might have some more growing left to do. Imagine a inch and a half and he’s only gonna get faster and stronger. He’s absolutely dominating college basketball. Blake Griffin had some dominant games, but he didn’t dominate college basketball. Zion’s also a great ball handler and playmaker. He’s not just another freak athlete.

Anthony Davis averaged 30ppg, 14 rpg, 2.0 steals, 3.5 bpg in the playoffs last year. Rondo elevated his own performance from the regular season but AD was the reason they won. He is so much of a defensive force than Blake griffin and truly is one of the best players in the league both offensively and defensively. I agree we keep Shamet, and I love SGA’s game but AD and two other stars would be amazing.

Did you guys hear that the clipper rookie Ivica asked kareem Abdul Jabbar if he could teach him the skyhook...

so cool!

We need to keep this rookie.

Its going to be a great 2019-2020 season!

I don’t think the Pelicans make the second round if Rondo didn’t elevate his game. AD put up great numbers, but his post season(lack there of) worries me, especially since AD is widely considered a top 5 player in the league. If AD was a FA that we can add to join a Kawhi type of player and the rest of our talent, that’s one thing, but I wouldn’t sacrifice our depth for him.

Regardless of anything, Shai, Sham, Zu, Trez, and Lou(contract) should all be untouchable.

I know this thread is about oh 1st round pick but they are predicting Cameron Johnson from UNc could fall to us in the 2nd round, that’d be awesome. Looks like he has a lot of athletic and scoring potential just need to work on releasing his shot a little quicker. He could be a nice SF type player

After this game against Duke he's probably considered a first rounder now

Unfortunately what I was thinking too. One thing that does help is he is old at 23 years old compared to other players. Might help keep his draft stock lower

seems like a great addition to our second unit....

https://projectspurs.com/2019/02/05/spurs-prospect-watch-cameron-johnson/

https://basketballsocietyonline.com/cameron-johnson-scouting-report

I was just thinking an Underrated Pickup that would bold well in combination with Kawhi Leonard would be Khris Middleton. He fits the Mold of this Team of Underrated Blue Collar players that play both sides of the ball, and doesn't have an ego. We could potentially have 60 million this year imagine sign Leonard to the max, and investing the rest of the cap in Middleton we'd be covered from position 1 through 3. This would make some of our rookie guards more expendable in a potential package for Anthony Davis.

I would love Middleton but doubt that happens. We have a better chance at KD lol. I would love to take a punt on a kid like Darius Bazley @ SF/PF 6’9 and a great athletic upside and has great handles for a big man. Could turn into a Kd .

Here’s something to think about. This is Lawler’s final season. We need to make the playoffs for him.